october surprise

i realize that i am in the minority in my hatred of holidays however i defy anyone to defend the following...

 

1.  a mustang i was following this afternoon had some sort of plastic (?) creature hanging from the back that was a white ghost on one side and black bat on the other; 

 

2.  a honda i saw only a minute later had a fake hand and foot hanging out of the back as if a body were stuffed in the trunk;

 

3.  and, of course, the hated hay bale is made up to look as if a witch has crash landed complete with a broom, witch's hat and various and sundry black cats roaming around. 

 

these things are NOT okay!  am i right?  who likes halloween enough to actually take the time to do any of this?  i cannot understand.  granted i think all holidays are overrated and would fine if we could just skip to march and avoid the whole charade. 

 

i am more moody than normal because i can't breath...but only a little more moody. 

 

grace and peace

under the weather

i don't remember the last time that i felt too bad to take a shower but today has been one of those days.  i left the couch for diet dr. pepper and the bathroom a couple of times.  i think it must be bronchitis.  i had to have a friend assure me last night that i wasn't having a heart attack.  every intake of breath hurts.  today that is a little better but my temp is up and breathing is still labored. 

 

my ears are stuffed with sweet oil and cotton balls, my box of kleenex is almost gone and i really would like to have some ice cream.  (though i don't think you're supposed to have dairy when you're this congested.)  anyway, i'm off to bed about 3 hours early.  i don't have the option of calling in sick so i have to be at work at 10:30 tomorrow regardless.  luckily i can take it easy there.

 

my anxiety has been really high for the last couple of weeks and now i find myself sick.  just goes to show how interconnected our minds and bodies are.  

 

grace and peace  

hibernation

i had numerous things to do today:  southern festival of books, DAR meeting, visiting with friends from out of town and i can't do any of it.  decided to stay in and rest.  i have sinus trouble:  sore throat, ears, head so i'm just gonna load up on meds and attempt to lie around.  head hurts too bad to read so i think i'll try to watch something on hulu and sleep the day away. 

 

thanks to family i was able to visit trader joe's yesterday and pick up a few things so there is a distinct possibility that i won't see the light of day until monday.  if i feel better i'll go to church in the morning otherwise i'll only dress and venture out to walk the pug.

 

grace and peace and lazy, cloudy saturdays



more of the same

dealing with serious anxiety the last few days.  about nothing in particular and everything in general. 

 

hoping for a relaxing trip to mississippi with daddy tomorrow to visit family.  i don't get to see my little brother and sister enough so i'm looking forward to it.  hoping that my anxiety will abate enough to let me enjoy the visit. 

 

this has been a week full of small, infuriating reminders of the flood:  letters from FEMA, phone calls from various flood-related organizations.  it's just never-ending.  i don't see how i will ever feel like the flood is over.  it continues to slap me in the face regularly.  i'm so tired!

 

off to bed with my book and, since it's raining, all 3 pets.  here's wishing for some sleep.

 

grace and peace